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OLUME 5.
McCONNELLSlSUUG, PA:, JUNK 8, 100.
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THE NETHERLANDS.
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Chapter ol Its
Henry Wolf.
History by
PUBLICAN PARTY BADLY DISMAYED.
L Pctltloied Louis tor Peace Offering flreat
Sums of Money and Large Tracts
ol Lands. Offer Spurned.
The elector of Colognes also had
mod his forces to those of
iiuis's, making the situation of
iat now they were in sore (lis-
mi ..: :
tress, i nere seouieu 10 oe uo visi
!d lmln. except what the elector
lur"fuucle of Prince William of Or
Lee) could reuder in reinforcing
he small Dutch army, which was
Lvcpt away like chart' before the
f iud. The citizens lied in every
pircctiou from the army. Taking
l itli them what ever they could.
Borne to Hamburg, some to Zea
land and others to Denmark.
hoou Luttich, Utrecht and Over-
hsel came into the possession of
lie French, and even French
I'.rajroons came within ten miles
the Dutch capitol. The Re
publican party became dismayed
mder these conditions, and peti
tioned to Louis for peace, offer
l . t
iie gre.il sums or money ana
irgo tracts of land, but their of-
Iitr was rejected, only if they
wiuld givo the entire Gelderland
with Ni jmegon, and give the Cath-
lie free exercise of their religion
;nd access to all state officers,
would he make peace.
If Louis had taken Conde's ad-
I ice, to marcn rignt on to im-
islerdam, and secure it at once
I the Netherlands would have been
lost; but he listened to Louvois
and garrisoned every lortitication
oil their march, thus protecting
their rear, and also keeping a
firm grasp on the country already
gained. Iu these proceedings
the main army was very much
reduced in number and lost its
effectiveness. This gave the
Dutch time to collect themselves,
ami prepare for effective resist
ance. But Louis cared more for
the immoral enjoyments which
ho obtained at that time at his
court in Paris, than for the hard
ships in camp with his army. So
he betook Mm self back to his cap
itol, and left his grand army in
charge of his marshalls to finish
the conquest of the Netherlands,
while the Orange party again
came into power, a"nd took steps,
to save their country from the in
vaders. The Orange party rolled
all the blame of this great calami
ty, upon the ruling Republican
liarl.v nlniminffhftt theV had ne2-
i v , o " - j
lected to create an army sufficient
for the protection of the country
against an invasion. They went
even so far as to charge DeWitt
with high treason claiming that he
had favored the French demand
ingthe abolition of the permanent
edict and the reinstating of Prince
Orange to the stadtholdership,
which was granted, aud during
an uprising of a mob John DeWitt
aad his brotner Cornelius, two as
liouest patriots as ever lived, were
assassinated in the streets at the
Uaag. Sad as it appears, these
nets brought about happy results
for both uarties now became
united against the common ene
my. William III. who had in
herited the cool self possess ion,
and military talent of his fore
fathers Boon instilled a uew spirit
into his country-men. lie had
determined since they had placed
him at the head of the Republic,
to preserve it, in its entirety, and
full political, as well as religious
independence. The citizens of
Holland were willing to make any
sacrifice to got the enemy out of
their country, so they cut great
gaps through the principal dikes
and bo flooded large areas of their
best larming lands and meadows
donnvinff themselves of their
crops for years to come, and in
curring jtirent expense and labor
to overcome the great damages
thus brought on. Cut it made
thnir land inaccessible to the
French army, a great compensa
tion for their irreat losses. The
ATTENTION.
Call for Meeting of CoamiMee
of Fulton County Veteran Association.
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Executive commit
tee of the Fultou county Veteran
Association will be held on the
Association Grounds, at J. W.
Hoop's, at 1 o'clock on Saturday,
June H. A full attendance is do
sired Geo. W. Dkckeu,
President.
The following persons compose
the Committee :
Ayr. David M. Kendall, Rev.
S. B. Houston and J. Walker
Johnston.
Belfast. Thos. R. Palmer,
Daniel P. Deshong, and Wm. II.
Wink.
Bethel. Joseph Fisher, Wes
ley Hill and Wm. H. Bishop.
Brush Creek. M. M. Barton,
Wra. Walters and Amos tlixson.
Dublin. J. W. Fraker, Dyson
Frake and Jacob W. Miller.
Licking Creek. Frank Shives,
J. W. Hoop aiyl D. D. Deshong.
McConnelisburg. D. T. Fields,
Dr. Wm. L. McKibbin and Abra
ham Runyau.
Taylor. David R. Mumma, B.
A. Deavor and M. D. Mathias.
Thompson. Jno. H. Fisher,
David Gordon and Thos. Litton.
Tod. David Gillis, Daniel Mock
and Henry Anderson.
Union. Jacob Shultz, Isaiah
Lehman, and Henry Lee.
Wells. William Bivens, Hon.
Samuel Wishart and A. F. Baker.
Took Him by Surprise.
Harrisonville, June 5. While
C. W. Schooley was in the field
at work last Saturday afternoon,
he was greatly surprised to hear
the sound of the dinner bell; and
much greater was his surprise
when he went to the house to find
a large crowd of his neighbors
assembled to celebrate his birth
day anniversary. Those present
were George W. Decker, wife and
daughters Luella and Dolly; Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Decker and
daughters Audie and Laura and
son Henry; Geo. B. Sipes, wfe
and daughter, Millie, and sons,
WeDb, Morris and Clyde; Mr.
and Mrs. R. P. Schooley and
daughter Ethel and son Cadiz;
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Schooley and
sons Clem and Verna; Mr. and
Mrs. Elias Deshong and son Al
bert; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wilson
and daughter Reatrico; Miss Sal
lie BeesecKer; Mrs. Joseph Sipea,
Mrs. Homer Sipes and sons Owen
and Wilbur; Emery, Riley and
Roland Sipes, Novin Strait, Rev.
and Mrs. Dumville, Mrs. Stella
Hollenshead and daughter Lena.
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Sipes
were pleasant callers at this office
one day last week.
walls of Groningen also caused
the French a great loss of time.
At the same time great storms
shattered the English Frencn
fleet, which had anchored In the
Texel, and the Marshall of Lux
emburg, who by a bold march
over frozen waters, attempted to
capture Amsterdam, failed onac
count of the warmer weather
thawing the ice. So help came
to these people through the eie
ments and the peculiar formation
of their country. It Is said that
the government proclaimed fast
days on which the whole nation
craved on their knees for
heaveuly aid against their proud
and powerful enemy, and then
turned these fast days into feast
and thanksgiving days. Another
important thing occurred in the
meantime the great elector
Frederick Williams of Branden
burg (ancestor to the present
Kaiser William of Germany) sua
ceeded in making an ally of Em
peror Leopold of Germany. The
appearance of a German army at
the Rhine, soon brought Marshall
Turenna out of Holland to the
German border to watch the new
enemy, and thus the whole battle
area was changed at ouce, and
the creat wave of war rolled in
to Germany.
HEMtV Wolp.
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
Year Endinf June 6, 1904, Slows Satis
factory Progress.
INTEREST IN POPULAR EDUCATION.
Better Houses, Belter Teachers, Better Equip
ments, Higher Courses of Study,
are Among Evidences.
A review of the past year con
vinces us that progress has been
made in the work of education,
though the year lias not been free
from discouragement-!.
Not all of our teachers proved
satisfactory; we had a few "time
servers," and a few "mis-fits," but
we shall hope to see these eliminat
ed from our ranks in the near fu
ture. Most of our teachers did
line work work that compares
very favorably with that done in
neighboring counties.
The attendance was very much
broken in all but two districts dur
ing the latter half of the term, ow
ing to the prevalence of measles,
scarlet fever, whooping cough and
diphtheria. Some of the schools
were closed from two to six weeks,
and the attendance in many others
was reduced to a minimum. Great
er precaution on the part of phy
sicians and directors could have
prevented much of this trouble.
Wells township established the
first Township High School in the
county. The progressive citizens
of the district heartily indorsed
this move; but it, like all other
advances in education, had its ene
mies. Two good buildings were
destroyed by lire; but through the
efforts of a fearless aud progres
sive board, a third building was
soon erected, and the high school
completed its first year's work.
The school was hlwrally patron-
zed, and the work done was ex
cellent.
Ayr township erected a new
house at Back Run to replace an
old one unlit for use; Thompson
built a new house at Oak Dale to
eplaeo one destroyed by lire early
in the term; Licking Creek was
ccaapellcd to opes a iw ohot
mid a good house was erected;
Jelfast put new furniture in two
i la .1 .. 11
louses, ana all tne districts dia
more or les toward the improve
ment of buildings and apparatus.
On both of my visits, special at
tention was given to the attendance,
and I am convinced that a closer
observance of the compulsory law
is necessary in many districts.
Too much valuable time is need-
essly lost from school, and, in
very many instances, it is by the
ones who can least afford the loss.
If parents are not sufficiently in
terested in the welfare of their
children to give them what the
public schools offer, then it issure-
y time that our school boards see
to this woeful waste of youth's op
portunities.
The minimum salary law should
encourage alt to greater efforts,
and should result in better schools.
The new law will necessitate tho
closing of a few smaller schools
in some of our poorer and more
sparsely settled districts. Tho
pupils from these schools will he
provided for otherwise.
The Annual Institute, which is
tho educational rally of the year,
was held in tho Court Uousq De
cember 7-11. All teachers, but
one, were present Friends of ed
ucation from all parts of the Coun
ty were in attendance, so great
was the interest manifested by our
people that we were unablo to ac
commodate all who desired to at
tend the meetings. The house was
crowded at every session. State
Superintendent Sclueffer was with
us and did much toward the suc
cess of the institute.
Many local institutes and educa
tional meetings were held during
the winter. It was my pleasure
to bo present at fourteen of these
meetings. Wherever local insti
tute work is successfully conduct
ed, a corres)oiiding interest in the
work of education is to bo found.
Our Directors' Convention met
in McConnelisburg February 23.
Notwithstanding the bad road,
f more than half of the directors iu
the County were present, and tho
WHY NOT HAVE A TROLLEY ?
And Why not Haul freight Just as the , Time VMin Have Answered Final Sum
Trolley Roads do Elsewhere ? mnn to Silent World.
NO COMPETITION IN THIS COUNTY. !
Article In News Attracts Attention of York
County Doctor, Who Tells How the
Law Is Regarded Down there.
I
Notwithstanding tho law to the
contrary we have frequently
heard able lawyers express tho
opinion that inasmuch as a trolley
line from here to Merccrsburg
would not compete with any
steam road, but would act as iiu
important feeder to the C. V.
there would never arise any ob
jection to the hauling of freight
across the mountain. With the
privilege of hauling freight, there
would not be auy question about
the road paying and payiug from
the start. Our article iu the
News last week bi iugs the follow
ing letter from Dr. Wm. Bigler,
an eminent physician of York
county, who feels kindly toward
"Little Fnlton."
Dullastowii, Vs., June 2, l'.io-l.
EijitokFultox County Niows:
My Dear Sir: Occasionly
a copy of your newsy journal gets
into my hands: and though a
stranger to your isolated county,
1 tako quite an interest iu your
News columns. In your issue of
yesterday I see an editorial.
"Trolley to Haul Freight," in
which you speak of tho urgeut
call for the repeal of the ac pre
venting trolley lines from carry
ing freight. The lork county
Traction Company treats the act
as a dead letter, and carries
freight regularly, devoting half
of each car run on their suburban
linns to carrying freight aud has
a freight agent on the cars.
Three of their lines run directly
in competition with steam roads,
and the act is ignored. This
Company has even gone so far as
to run regular freight cars, by
which they carry as much as
twenty tous in one car. All tho
artiticial stone used in building
up the front of cr lrsNtfal
Bank building was brought in
the trolley freight car, and our
merchants are receiving, daily,
boxes of goods, barrels of sugar,
molasses, etc, by trolley. If
freight can be hauled here by
trolley, in competition with steam
roads, why not in Fultou county,
where no such competition exists?
Wm. B. Biulku
BURNT CABINS.
Mrs. Geo. Elliot aud twodaugli
ters of Phillipsburg, Pa., spout
last week with the family of G. S.
Doran.
Thos. Briggs and Roy McGehee
went to Bedford last Monday to
haul wire for the American Tele
phone Company.
A. J. Foreaad Wallace McGehee
left for Virginia last Thursday.
Wilbur Fraker, who has been
working in Wells Valley for Com-
erer ana wcuowan. returned
home last Friday.
Chas. Wattor of Lewistown,Pa.,
is visiting his parents.
Mr. Cordoll of Loudon and Miss
Bessie Vallance of McConnelis
burg, spent last Saturday night
with Harry Miller's family.
The M. E. Sunday School will
hold their Childrens' Day servico
next Sunday evening. Every
body invited to attend.
Uncle Jacob Miller spent Mem
orial Day at Gettysburg. He is
very much deligted with his trip.
meeting was a success.
The term examinations were
held throughout tho County April
U. Twenty-nine applicants passed
the examination and were grant
ed diplomas.
Tho annual Commencement of
the McConnelisburg High School
was held May 12, when a class ofj
three boys and seven girls was
graduated.
In closing this report I desire to
thank all who have in any way
contributed toward making the
year's work pleasant and. 1 trust,
profitable.
Chas. K. IUktov.
NECROLOGICAL RECORD.
DEATH NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
Mrs. Leslie W. St j l:ir. .Mrs. Howard flann,
George W. Dishong. and John C. Car
baitgh Among the Number.
MliS. l.liSl.li; W SKYJ.AW.
Alfaietta May, wife of Laud
lord Leslie W. Seylar of the
Cooper House, died List Saturday
evening, aged in years, 1 mouth
and I! days.
Mrs. Seylar was a daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. 6. 1!. Fisher of
Groat Cacapou, Y. Va., and was
born when her purents resided at
Berkeley Springs.
As hostess at the Cooper House
Mrs. Seylar was widely known
for her kindly gonial manner.
Besides her husband and 14
montli old child, and her father,
she is survived by three brothers
aud seven sisters, namely, J. V.
K. Fisher at Covait, Pa.; Ross a
member of tho legislature of
Morgan county, V. Va. ; Oscar at
present iu Alaska; Mrs. Adallix
sou Brockton, III.; Mrs. William
Lawrence and Mrs. Edward Daw
sou of Iseyser, W. Va.; Mrs. Mat
tio Thompson and Mrs. Frank
Rice of Berkeley Springs, W.
Va.;Mrs. Nina Shaw of Columbia,
Iud., aud Mrs. Alice Youugblood
of Great Cacapou, W. Va.
The funeral of Mrs. Seylar took
place at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon aud interment was made in
Union cemetery.
HA XX.
Mrs. Howard liana died sud
denly at her home one and a half
miles south of Saluvia, last Sun
day. Mrs. llann was a daughter
of Mr. Geo. Mellott aud had only
been married two or three years.
Interment at the Sideling Hill
Christian church on Monday.
She was aged aboutthirty years
ana is survived by her husband.
Gi;ou(iK w. nisiioxu.
During the )st week another
Civfl War venerea hi been ealiad
away. This time it was George
W. Dishong, a well known citizeu
of Ayr township.
While a chronic sufferer for gov
eral yaars, Mr. Dishong has been
able to mingle among his friends,
and on Wednesday of last week
was at the home of one of his
neighbors, Aaron Morgret.
As ho was passing out through
the gate from the yard at Mr.
Morgrot's on his return home,
ho remarked to Mrs. Morgret
who was standing on the porch,
"My head leels queer I cannot
see well,'' and began to sink to
the ground. Mrs. Morgret has
tened to him, only to find him uu
conscious. Dr. S vvartzwelder of
Needmore was called, hut Mr.
Dishong had suffered a stroke ol
paralysis and was beyond the
help of any hutmin agency. He
died Thursday morning.
Mr. Dishong was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ivobert, Dishong aud
was born in Belfast township
about l'.) years ago.
He was a mom her of au ludiaua
regiment aud did valiant servico
as a soldier in the Civil War. He
was a member of King Post 3(15
G. A. R. of this place and, his re
mains wero laid to rest in Union
cemetery on Saturday, a number
of his comrades from this place
attoudiug tho funeral. He is sur
vived by his wife, three sous and
a daugiuer.
John c CAKiiAifiii.
After a long period of patient
suffering uudur an attack of
Bright's Disease, Johu C. Car
baugh. ono .of Thompson town
ship's most highly respectod citi
zens, died at his home ou Timber
Ridgu last Saturday morning,
aged years, 10 months aud 1
day.
Mr. Carbaugh was a consistent
member of the German Baptist
c nr. rch and a large number of
sorrowing frieuds attended his
funeral on Sunday, services being
conducted by Rev. J. C. Garland
aud Rev. John Myorn.
Interment was mado in tho
W0MRNS KEL,EF C0RPS-
f rjtirwMciaa lo Complement the Work of
the 0. A. R. in this Place.
Last Saturday Mrs. Mary Vinn
of Mechanicsburg, organized in
this place a Women's Relief Corps
whoso object is to work in con
junction wilh the G. A. R. in
teaching patiiotism, caring for
the sick and needy veterans, and
asM-iiug in the proper obser
vance of nil lmlional holidays.
The ollifcrs of the new organi
sation which is known as King
Corps, No. His: President, Mrs.
Eleanor McKibbin; vice presi
dents, Mrs. S. B. Woollett and
Mrs. D. C. Fleck; secretary, Mrs.
S. M. Cook; treasurer, Miss Mary
Sloan.
The subordinate otlicers are:
Guard, Mrs. Laviuia Wilkinsson;
conductor, Mrs. B. W. Peck;
musician, Mrs. C. B. Stevens;
chaplain, Miss Mary Goldsmith,
aud color-bearers, Mrs. Susan
Unger, Mrs. Thomas Hamil, Mrs.
II. S. Wishart and Mrs. Johu P.
Sipes.
REMARKABLE SCHOOL RECORD.
Orplia linger Finishes Seventh Year,
Neither Absent Nor Tardy.
Fiom lUxiin (III..) Kvontm.' Telrirruph.
Orpha Unger, daughter of Mr.
aud Mrs. .1. II. Unger of this city,
has completed her seventh year
of schooling in Dixon aud from
tho time she entered the primary
department until the close of this
term she has neither been tardy
nor absent a day.
This is a remarkable record
and we have never heard of a case
equaling it. The child is 13 years
old aud next winter will euter the
eighth grade. Superintendent
Groves lias presented her with a
certificate of honor stating her
record which she will take pride
iu preserving. Although she has
not been entirely free from ill
ness during this time she has
been lortunato in having no seri
ous illness during the .school
terms. Mr. J. H. Unger is a na
tive of McConnelisburg, and a
brother of our townsinau Harvey
Ungur. Editor.
Morse Barton.
At the bride's home at Enid,
this couuty, on Wednesday, the
1st mst., APiss Mary Barton and
Mr. J. B. Morse, of Sixmile Run,
were united in marriage by Rev.
II. K. Ash, of Three Springs. Tho
Fulton Couuty News joins with
their many friends in extending
congratulations.
Walls Mumma.
At tho home of the groom's pa
rents, May 30, 1H04, at two o'clock
Mr. Frank Walls of Huntingdon,
Pa., aud Miss Ida Mumma of
Kuobsville, were united in mar
riage by Rev. Brubaker of Hunt
ingdon. FARM BUILDING DESTROYED.
Hgute and Barn of John Lake of Lick
ing Creek Township. Burned.
Ou Tuesday of last week dur
iug the absence of tho family from
home, lightning is supposed to
have struck either the house or
tho barn of the old Caleb Wink
farm in Lickiug Creek township,
now owned by Johu Lake, and
the buildings both the house
and barn with all their contents
wero totally destroyed. This is
a heavy loss to Mr. Lake, as we
are informed there was but a
slight insurance if any.
At the annual meeting of the
Dunkards which was held at Car
thage, Mo., one of the first acts of
tho conference was tho adoption
of a motion to change the name
of tho organization. Hereafter
they are to bo known only as Ger
man Baptists, and not as Dunk
ards. There are quite a number
in this couuty who belong to that
denomination.
Union graveyard.
He is survived by his wife and
by six children Courtney, How
ard, William. Watson, Conrad
aud Aunio.
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Smashes at Their Movements, as Tht
Come and Go.
NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED.
Home for a Vacation, Away for an Outing, a
Trip for Business or Pleasure, Ytu'll
Find It Right Here.
Arthur Woodcock of Taylor,
was in town a few hours Monday.
Squire Will Peck and William
Kelnor, two of Belfast's citizens
were among the number in town
last Friday.
George W. Decker aud daugh
ter Dolhe, of Lickiug Creek town
ship, made the News oliice a
pleasant call while m town one
day last week.
Mr. Jake Comerer and Mr.
Harry Trout of Merccrsburg,
spent a few hours visiting rela
tives and friends in this place,
last Friday.
Miss Ada Rexroth, who has
just completed a ten month' term
of teaching in the public schools
at Newtown, Bucks county, i at
her home in this place for the
summer vacation.
Master Sam Peck, who has
been visiting in the homo of his
uncle, the editor of the News, re
turned to his home iu Chester
last Saturday, accompanied by-
aunt.
W. R. Evaus, Hustontown's
hustling buggy man spent Mon
day in town, and left some cold
cash with "ye printer.'' In tho
line of buggies, surreys, wagons
&c, Billy keeps a complete stock
on hand all the time, aud will do
the square thing with you if you
deal with him.
Mr. aud Mrs. R. A. Skiles, of
Kittauning Point, near Altooua,
have just taken a ten-day outing
among their many Fulton county
friends. Mr. Skiles is a section
foreman ou the Pennsy, and has
been with the company thirteen
years. While he says they trent
him well, and give him good mon
ey, ho im jetting tired of railroad
ing and longs to get back on the
farm again.
Miss Mabelle Dixou, daughter
of C. M. Dixon, formerly of
Pleasant Ridge, was a member
of the graduating class of the
Chambersburg High School lat
week. She took second honors
in the class of eighteen members,
and was also selected to respond
to the toast "Class of '04" at the
alumni banquet. Miss Mabelle
received her early training at
the school at Mortons Point, in
Belfast township.
If you get hot under the collar
these days justgo to Trout's Drug
Storo and call for ice-cold-soda-water,
cocoa-cola, soda-ice cream,
ice-cream-soda, plain-ice-cream,
(in all tho popular llavors by the
'plate," pint, quart or gallon) and
see how quickly you will bu cool
ed off and at peace with all man
kind and all the rest of humanity.
Iu our haste to get the proceed
ings of last week's Democratic
convention, we overlooked the
fact that tho name of A. J. Fore
of Dublin towuship, has a place
on tho ticket as a candidate for
county surveyor. It is aqaestion
whether Andy knows it himself,
for his trieuds placed his name
ou the ticket without consulting
him. Well Andy knows how to
survey.
After a very pleasant visit of
two weeks among friends iu Al
toona, Mr. John Shafer returned
to his home over the Ridge last
Tuesday evening. cThe conven
ience of steam roads, trolleys, or
automobiles have no attraction
for John as long as nobody steals
his mules; for he just hitched
them to his buggy here one morn
ing aud drove through to Altooua
in ono dav; aud to show that a
seventy-mile drive is just recrea
tion for the loug eared ponies,
they brought Mr. Shafer homo
in a day. He saw many of tho
Fulton county people who are
residents of the Mountain City,
and reports them all prosperous
and happy.